Comment on YSK You don't need Teflon pans for nonstick
pseudonaut@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
My cast iron pans tend to get sticky, the sides, the handle, I’m not sure what to do about it. Any ideas? What am I doing wrong?
Comment on YSK You don't need Teflon pans for nonstick
pseudonaut@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
My cast iron pans tend to get sticky, the sides, the handle, I’m not sure what to do about it. Any ideas? What am I doing wrong?
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
are you washing it? Like with soap, hot water? and scrubbing it with something like a scrubbing sponge?
Have to ask, due to the prevalence of people buying into the whole “you cant wash cast iron!” myth.
danafest@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Definitely this, but also if you are washing it and re-seasoning it after if you use too much oil it can cause it to get sticky.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Thats not really “re-seasoning” when you oil it after washing, its just rust prevention if you don’t have a good cure on the entire pan… I would only oil a pan down if I’m putting it into storage for a good long while… and that oil gets washed off before I use it, cause even the best cured pan always seems to develop some rust in long storage otherwise.
My regular everyday cast iron pan just get washed, then put on a burner for a couple minutes to dry off any of the remaining water (after i towel it off), then pushed to the back of the rangetop for tomorrow.
Obviously don’t take your hot pan, immediately wash it in cold water, and put it back on a hot burner, cause… you know… thermal shock will turn it into a fragmentation grenade*
*(comedic hyperbole, for those that will inevitably take this too seriously)
danafest@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
You’re right, wrong choice of wording on my part.